| Username is taken but it is deactivated, how can I use it | Engineer3d | 4/10/12 3:51 PM | Hi, I am trying to create a channel for my business however the username of the channel I want is "taken". However when viewing that username it says it is deactivated... How come I can't use it is it not being used? Is there anything I can do to acq |
| Re: Username is taken but it is deactivated, how can I use it | The Lady From Uncle | 4/10/12 3:56 PM | No, there is nothing you can do about an user-closed or Google-suspended YouTube username. You will have to pick one which is not taken. |
| Re: Username is taken but it is deactivated, how can I use it | Engineer3d | 4/10/12 3:57 PM | Thank you, seems a little OTT from them. Have noticed many people who just want to reopen their old accounts and can't...oh well. |
| Re: Username is taken but it is deactivated, how can I use it | The Lady From Uncle | 4/10/12 4:06 PM | Well YouTube didn't allow it and then Google thought it would be a good idea to allow users to reopen their own channels. Until they recently decided to not permit it again. Either way- it has never been possible for usernames to be recycled due to |